Connections

References

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
One of the opening shots of Plainview digging for silver identically recreates a shot of Dobbs (Bogart) mining for gold.

Elmer Gantry (1960)
During a fiery sermon about casting out the Devil, Eli repeats a line from a sermon that Burt Lancaster gave in Elmer Gantry - "I'll bite him and if I have no teeth I'll gum him".

Lolita (1962)
In the Hotel Room, Lolita wakes Humbert up by saying that the room is on fire, just like Eli does with Daniel in one of the last scenes of There Will Be Blood

Fitzcarraldo (1982)
The shot in which Joe Gundha's mud-soaked body is dragged out from the well is near-identincal to a certain shot in Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo in which an Indian labourer's body is retrieved from under the steamboat.

Bodysong (2003)
Portions of Jonny Greenwood's score from 'Bodysong' are heard in 'There Will Be Blood'.

Metalocalypse: Snakes N Barrels II: Part 1 (2008)
(TV Episode)
Leonard Rockstein appears at a sobriety rally and talks about getting rid of Dr. Rockzo, his drug-abusing clown alter ego, and demonstrates to his audience how he "killed that part of himself" by yelling "Get out, clown! Get out!", parodying Eli's exorcism of his parishioners.

South Park: Breast Cancer Show Ever (2008)
(TV Episode)
When Wendy is sitting on ground next to Cartman's bloody body, Mr. Mackey calls her name. She responds by saying "I'm finished." This is like the final scene in "There Will Be Blood", where Daniel Plainview says "I'm finished" after killing Eli Sunday.